Dr. Fluker’s research focuses on the theory and practice of ethical leadership. He is the author of multiple books including, Ethical Leadership: The Quest of Character, Civility and Community and editor of The Papers of Howard Washington Thurman, 5 volumes.
Dr. Fluker’s work is internationally recognized; he travels globally as a speaker, consultant, and workshop leader advising organizations on ethical leadership practices.
He has worked with organizations as diverse as:
Dr. Fluker’s research focuses on the theory and practice of ethical leadership. He is the author of multiple books including, Ethical Leadership: The Quest of Character, Civility and Community and editor of The Papers of Howard Washington Thurman, 5 volumes.
Dr. Fluker’s work is internationally recognized; he travels globally as a speaker, consultant, and workshop leader advising organizations on ethical leadership practices.
He has worked with organizations as diverse as:
Walter Earl Fluker
Democratic Leadership Council National Conversation
The United States Army
The Department of Education
Goldman Sachs Global Leaders Program
The United States Army Chaplain’s Corps
The Boys and Girls Clubs of America
The Department of State
Historically Black Colleges and Universities
The Georgia State Superintendents’ Association
The Catholic Relief Services
curriculum Vitae
& Bio Profile
Walter Earl Fluker is the founder of Walter Earl Fluker & Associates. He serves as Distinguished Professor of the Howard Thurman Center, Hartford University for Religion and Peace; served recently as Dean’s Professor of Spirituality, Ethics and Leadership, Candler School of Theology, Emory University; Professor Emeritus of Ethical Leadership (formerly the Martin Luther King, Jr Chair) at Boston University and the editor of the Howard Thurman Papers Project. He was founding executive director of the Andrew Young Center for Global Leadership Center and the Coca-Cola Professor of Leadership Studies at Morehouse College. Dr. Fluker is a featured consultant, speaker, lecturer and workshop leader at foundations, businesses, corporations, colleges, universities, governmental and religious institutions, nationally and globally. Among many prestigious honors and awards, Dr. Fluker was recently chosen as the 2023 Franklin D. Roosevelt Freedom of Worship Award Laureate.
Democratic Leadership Council National Conversation
The United States Army
The Department of Education
The Boys and Girls Clubs of America
The Georgia State Superintendents’ Association
The Georgia State Superintendents’ Association
Goldman Sachs Global Leaders Program
The United States Army Chaplain’s Corps
The Department of State
Historically Black Colleges and Universities
The Catholic Relief Services
His publications include They Looked for a City: A Comparative Analysis of the Ideal of Community in Howard Thurman and Martin Luther King, Jr. (University Press of America, 1989); Ethical Leadership: The Quest for Character, Civility and Community (2009); The Ground Has Shifted: The Future of the Black Church in Post-Racial America (2016); and the five-volume series entitled The Papers of Howard Washington Thurman, published by University of South Carolina Press (2009-2016). He is also the editor of the recently released, The Unfinished Search for Common Ground (Orbis Books, 2023); and co-editor with Peter E. Eisenstadt of the four-volume sermon series of Howard Thurman, Walking with God (Orbis Books, 2020-2023). Fluker has spoken and published extensively on spirituality, ethics and leadership in social media, films and articles. He earned a Ph.D. in Social Ethics from Boston University, a Master of Divinity degree from Garrett-Evangelical Seminary, a bachelor’s degree from Trinity College and the Doctor of Humanities, Honoris Causa, Lees-McRae College, Banner Elk, North Carolina. He is married to Dr. Sharon Watson Fluker and is the father of four children and seven grandchildren.
Dr. Fluker's International Experiences Includes:
INternational Experiences
Serving as consultant to youth development initiatives in Sierra Leone, West Africa and South Africa sponsored by the Ford Foundation
Lecturer for the Martin Luther King, Jr. Center in Havana, Cuba
Served as faculty for emerging global leadership at the Salzburg Global Seminar in Austria and the Global Friends Initiative in Hong Kong
Emerging African leaders in the Johannesburg, South African City Council
Lecturer for the U.S. Embassy Speaker/Specialist Program in South Africa, Nigeria, India and China
Distinguished Lecturer to the International Human Rights Exchange Programme
Visiting lecturer for the Graduate School of Business, University of Cape Town, South Africa
Worked with the African Presidential Center at Boston University and the Transatlantic Roundtable on Religion and Race (Birbeck College, University of London and the University of Pretoria, South Africa)
Serving as consultant to youth development initiatives in Sierra Leone, West Africa and South Africa sponsored by the Ford Foundation
Lecturer for the Martin Luther King, Jr. Center in Havana, Cuba
Served as faculty for emerging global leadership at the Salzburg Global Seminar in Austria and the Global Friends Initiative in Hong Kong
Emerging African leaders in the Johannesburg, South African City Council
Lecturer for the U.S. Embassy Speaker/Specialist Program in South Africa, Nigeria, India and China
Distinguished Lecturer to the International Human Rights Exchange Programme
Visiting lecturer for the Graduate School of Business, University of Cape Town, South Africa
Worked with the African Presidential Center at Boston University and the Transatlantic Roundtable on Religion and Race (Birbeck College, University of London and the University of Pretoria, South Africa)
